Kidcrash - (2004) New Ruins

sound:screamo/progressive
length: 9 songs, 37.4 minutes
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01. Your Valley Is Our Volcano
02. Until The Light Kills The Film
03. New Ruins
04. Scalpel Cuts Concrete
05. Gun At The Parade
06. The Afterburn Of Being Born
07. Talking Underwater
08. Eyes That Never Hit The Sky
09. The Drowning Swan's Song

I know i've been blowing this band up lately but it's not my fault their so fucking great. Let me preface this post by saying i love the way Kidcrash sounds now, but i think i'm getting a real soft spot for this record. If you just heard this record, and nothing else by them, you'd have no idea they had the heavy riffs and wild build ups of Jokes in them. New Ruins is like Kidcrash's  punk, crooning, light guitar lined, younger brother. For all the people who look at this page and are on my ass about not posting enough punk rock, just take a second out of your busy day and listen to this album. I think you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised, despite its screamo tag. Maybe all the emotion felt from this record comes from all the effort and hard earned dollars the band put into it themselves. So if you like it, once again don't buy the digital version from an online vendor, support the band by buying merch/vinyl here. Love these guys, check it out.

sounds like: Loma Prieta, Third Memory, C'est La Geurre

bang

Kidcrash - (2005) I Haven't Had a Date in 4 Years Goldie Hawn EP

sound: screamo/progressive
length: 3 songs, 16.7 minutes
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1. I
2. II
3. III

Remember when i was all like
"Jokes is my favorite anything by Kidcrash"
well i fucking lied to you.
I think i might be in love with the infectious nature of the drumming in the first track, seriously i have listened to this song like 20 times in the last three days. I think a lot of bands could try to come at you hard for like 13, or 14 tracks and not be able to move you as much as these three fucking songs could. Lets pretend the crash/ride is an explosion, the tail end of track three makes you feel like your existing in a Michael Bay movie. (Also rule of  thumb if any film has the names Bay or Bruckheimer attached to it, anything that can explode, will. For example cars, boxes, highways, grandmothers, etc)
My favorite thing about this band is that they aren't bashful about putting a lot of emotion into their manner of  playing or vocalizations. Really gotta say, this EP knocks my proverbial socks off, cheers once again.
PS. i listened to Jokes on Vinyl today, fucking great.
PSS.did i forget to mention again that you could have found this yourself right here, where all their shit is still F-R-E-E not a buck-o-five asshole, FREE.

sounds like: Loma Prieta, Third Memory, C'est La Geurre

boom.

Kidcrash - (2007) Jokes

sound: Screamo/Progressive

length: 9 songs, 37.4 minutes

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1. Turtlelephant
2. The Ground Eats You
3. Life Was Real, Vital, Urgent, Important
4. Hypothetical Basking Shark
5. Kiss from a Roach on the Grave
6. Parrot's Just Don't Understand
7. Ron Ghousley's Fucked Up Dream
8. A Conduit Rather Than a Vault
9. Swingsets and Frozen Grapes

I've been waiting a long time to say something about this band, whom i think are fucking great and want you, (my beloved reader or angry internet fanatic) to hear about. I present to you a band with a tremendous amount of talent, and have no problem showcasing it on this album. Do not expect to find any excess fat on this lp, not a wasted beat, melody, snare hit, or guitar riff. Every song on this record sounds like alot of dedication and complex musicianship went into it. Of the records of theirs i have been listening to lately, this one is probably my favorite. Their knack for understanding  the dynamics of  intellectual guitar playing as opposed to random riffage  is put on display in the track Kissed by a Roach. Every song on here deserves its own blog post, but to highlight a few greats A Conduit rather than a Vault: fucking epic, the Ground Eats You: gorgeous, Hypothetical Basking Shark: so good i just had a seizure. Honestly I'm sure enough cannot be said about the extremely impressive nature of this record. Simply put, if you are a fan of screamo, enjoy post-hardcore or are interested in progressive at all you definitely need to, absolutely must listen to this band. Also if you find yourself an instant fan (as i found myself a few months ago) then by all means go here and get all of their stuff for FREE. At their website you can read a bit about how Lujo records screwed them out of a great deal of money. So if you would like to support the band, make a donation on their website because they encourage people to NOT buy their record New Ruins  from Amazon or Itunes.  Or you could just buy all their records on vinyl :)

Check these guys out. 

sounds like: Loma Prieta, Third Memory

bang.

once again, all their stuff is at their site for fucking FREE goddamnit.

great fucking music, for no damn money.

sometimes, you gotta love the internet.